Gary's 4am crucial baking tips
My first-EVER attempt at Red Velvet Cake came out of the oven at 3:15am...now cooling...i'll do the icing tomorrow. I'm VERY excited this is actually coming together! Lord knows, I'm always after NEW things I can brag about. So let me share the following essential information under the heading of BAKING SUBSTITUTIONS; it'll save YOU the tons of time I wasted...
1) BUTTERMILK...can't find it ANYwhere. But if your recipe calls for 1 cup of it, all you need to do is add a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice to a cup of milk, then let it stand at room temperature for 15, 20 minutes. Presto!
2) CAKE FLOUR...fuck this bullshit! I felt like screaming in ShopRite as I repeatedly looked over the rows of flour and frantically used my cell (!?!) to call my mother to ask her what the fuck the difference was. Twice in one day, I've spoken to my family on my cell...rare!...but I digress. So mom was the one who brought up "substitutions" despite not being too sure what the hell cake flour was, either. SHE never used it in her life, though. SO...ALL you need to do is just use the regular flour, but merely subtract 2 tablespoons from every CUP the recipe calls for. SO simple! I fucking LOVE it! Granted, I haven't tasted my cake yet, but it sure looked and smelled good...all THREE layers of it! Now isn't my blog just motherfucking essential? Hmm, only 4:15am...is there anything left to do with my Pearl Harbor Day?
1) BUTTERMILK...can't find it ANYwhere. But if your recipe calls for 1 cup of it, all you need to do is add a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice to a cup of milk, then let it stand at room temperature for 15, 20 minutes. Presto!
2) CAKE FLOUR...fuck this bullshit! I felt like screaming in ShopRite as I repeatedly looked over the rows of flour and frantically used my cell (!?!) to call my mother to ask her what the fuck the difference was. Twice in one day, I've spoken to my family on my cell...rare!...but I digress. So mom was the one who brought up "substitutions" despite not being too sure what the hell cake flour was, either. SHE never used it in her life, though. SO...ALL you need to do is just use the regular flour, but merely subtract 2 tablespoons from every CUP the recipe calls for. SO simple! I fucking LOVE it! Granted, I haven't tasted my cake yet, but it sure looked and smelled good...all THREE layers of it! Now isn't my blog just motherfucking essential? Hmm, only 4:15am...is there anything left to do with my Pearl Harbor Day?
posted by Gregoire at 12:58 AM
2 Comments:
Yes, yes...but how did it *taste*?
I can confirm that it tasted very, very good... and I was the first to cut into it. :)
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